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Prepone That! Your Accent Is Funny! Readers Share Their ESL Stories

Gripes and genius moments from readers about learning English as a second language

A Moroccan nurse holds a syringe containing a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 29. Morocco is one of the many countries that will receive COVID-19 doses as part of the COVAX initiative.

Global Initiative To Start Shipping Vaccines To Africa, Where Supplies Are Low

Dr. Katherine O'Brien of the World Health Organization says poor countries are able to get their populations vaccinated — they just need the doses.

'Dear Son': How A Mom's Letter Inspired A Graduation Speech — From Prison

A student who has been incarcerated for more than 10 years delivers a graduation speech about forgiveness, perseverance and making the most of a future he sees as rich with potential.

NPR Music critic Ann Powers writes that Adele's new album, 30, "engages with the world â through lyrics that trade adolescent romanticism for genuine self-examination." Her new album, 30, is out now.

Adele talks coming back to Earth at '30'

Morning Edition's Rachel Martin talks to Adele about her latest album and the growing pains of growing older.

Members of Citizens Against Inflation picket a Denver supermarket in 1974. They asked shoppers to sign petitions calling for rollback of prices as one method of combatting inflation.

Inflation is at 30-year highs. Here's how it's hurt past presidents

One of the lessons from inflationary eras past is that voters are less interested in causal responsibility than in forcing a change. In other words, if you are in office now, you are holding the bag.

Jason Dean received six stitches and a tetanus shot after he cut his knee in May. In August, his wife, DeeAnn, feared going to the same emergency room where he was treated, delaying her diagnosis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

The ER charged him $6,589.77 for 6 stitches, a cost that led his wife to avoid the ER

With few options for health care in their rural community, a Tennessee couple's experience with one outrageous bill could have led to a deadly delay when they needed help the most.

Red Carpet Alert: See what everyone was wearing at the Latin Grammy Awards

From Omar Apollo to Mon Laferte, take a look at the scene before the ceremony at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

The First Angry Man

Stream now or tune in Monday, Nov. 2, 2020 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Melania Trump's 2020 Christmas Decorations Are Unconventionally Traditional

The first lady reportedly isn't a big fan of the holiday tradition and her husband doesn't acknowledge he lost the election, but the White House's aesthetic aims for an old-school note.

Radio journalist Nina Totenberg at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., May 21, 2019.

FINDING YOUR ROOTS: Against All Odds

Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces media personality Andy Cohen and radio journalist Nina Totenberg to ancestors who were determined to survive.

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